Wild Horses

2015

English

4.8

♡ 15

17%

Robert Duvall Director

James Franco as Ben Briggs

Jim Parrack as Deputy Rogers

Josh Hartnett as KC Briggs

Robert Duvall as Scott Briggs

Texas Ranger Samantha Payne reopens a 15-year-old missing person case, and uncovers evidence that suggests that the boy was likely murdered on a ranch belonging to wealthy family man, Scott Briggs. When Scott’s estranged son unexpectedly returns home during the investigation, Samantha becomes even more convinced that the Briggs family was involved, and will stop at nothing to discover the truth about the boy’s death - even putting her own life in jeopardy.

The Broken Tower

2011

English

4.8

♡ 5

20%

James Franco Director

Vince Jolivette as American Man in Paris

Michael Shannon as Emile

James Franco as Hart Crane

Dave Franco as Young Hart

Docudrama about American poet Hart Crane, who committed suicide in April 1932 at the age of 32 by jumping off the steamship SS Orizaba.

About Cherry

2012

English

4.8

♡ 73

Action

Drama

porn industry

Stephen Elliott Director

Ashley Hinshaw as Angelina

James Franco as Frances

Megan Boone as Jake

Heather Graham as Margaret

A drama centered on a troubled young woman who moves to San Francisco, where she gets involved in pornography and aligns herself with a cocaine-addicted lawyer.

Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present

2012

English

7.8

♡ 16

96%

Matthew Akers Director

Orlando Bloom as Himself

David Blaine as Himself

James Franco as Himself

Josephine Decker as Self - Naked Girl

Performance artist Marina Abramovic prepares for a major retrospective of her work at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

The Color of Time

2012

English

4.1

♡ 18

5%

18%

Action

based on song, poem or rhyme

husband wife relationship

parent child relationship

poet

Romance

Edna Luise Biesold Director

Mila Kunis as Catherine

James Franco as C.K. Williams

Henry Hopper as C.K. Williams

Jessica Chastain as Mrs. Williams

A poetic road trip through Pulitzer prize-winning CK Williams' life over the course of 40 years.

Maladies

2012

English

4.9

♡ 8

5%

Carter Director

Alan Cumming as Alan

Mary Beth Peil as Blind Woman

Catherine Keener as Catherine

James Franco as James

A former soap star appears to have a narrator stuck in his head. As he moves in with his sister and works to restart his creative career, he tries to figure out who is really calling the shots.

Queen of the Desert

2015

English

5.7

♡ 62

18%

Werner Herzog Director

Robert Pattinson as Col. T.E. Lawrence

Jenny Agutter as Florence Bell

Nicole Kidman as Gertrude Bell

James Franco as Henry Cadogan

A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire in the Near and Middle East at the dawn of the twentieth century. Her knowledge of the tribal leaders is used by the British to establish the Kingdoms of Iraq, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

Memoria

2015

English

4.9

♡ 20

100%

Nina Ljeti Director

Jerry Hauck as Dean Schmidt

Keith Stanfield as Max

James Franco as Mr. Wyckoff

Miles Heizer as Simon

Ivan Cohen is a young boy living in Palo Alto, California. Unsatisfied by his slacker group of friends, his love for a girl who doesn't know he exists and a dysfunctional family life, he is struggling to find his place in the world. Based on the book Palo Alto by James Franco.

The Institute

2017

English

4.2

♡ 59

James Franco Director

Josh Duhamel as Detective

James Franco as Dr. Cairn

Eric Roberts as Dr. Torrington

Topher Grace as Vincent

In 19th century Baltimore, Isabel Porter, a girl stricken with grief from her parents' untimely death, voluntarily checks herself into the Rosewood Institute. Subjected to bizarre and increasingly violent pseudo-scientific experiments in personality modification, brainwashing and mind control, she must escape the clutches of the Rosewood and exact her revenge, or else be forever lost.

The Show

2017

English

5.6

♡ 69

Giancarlo Esposito Director

Scott Patey as David

Famke Janssen as Ilana Katz

James Franco as Male Host

Giancarlo Esposito as Mason Washington

An unsettling look at reality television, where a disturbing game show has its contestants ending their lives for the public's enjoyment.

Don Quixote

2015

English

5.3

♡ 20

33%

David Beier Director

Gary Carlos Cervantes as Armed Brother

Luis Guzmán as Farmer

James Franco as Pasamonte

Horatio Sanz as Sancho Panza / Narrator

With his noble squire by his side, a retired country gentleman sets out on an adventure to right the wrongs of the world.

In Dubious Battle

2016

English

6.0

♡ 22

26%

38%

1930s

Action

based on novel or book

James Franco Director

Ed Harris as Joy

James Franco as Mac

Analeigh Tipton as Vera

Josh Hutcherson as Vinnie

In the California apple country, 900 migratory workers rise 'in dubious battle' against the landowners. The group takes on a life of its own—stronger than its individual members, and more frightening. Led by the doomed Jim Nolan, the strike is founded on his tragic idealism—'courage, never submit, or yield'.

Flyboys

2006

English

6.5

♡ 60

34%

66%

Action

Adventure

based on a true story

Tony Bill Director

James Franco as Blaine Rawlings

Jean Reno as Capt. Thenault

Todd Boyce as Mr. Jensen

Martin Henderson as Reed Cassidy

The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.

Annapolis

2006

English

5.8

♡ 11

10%

Justin Lin Director

Brian Goodman as Bill Huard

Wilmer Calderon as Estrada

James Franco as Jake Huard

Charles Napier as Supt. Carter

Jake Huard, from a shipbuilders family, promised his dying mother he'ld make it to Anapolis Naval Academy. Thanks to tenaciously bugging a Congressman, he's selected despite dubious grades. Once inside, Jake soon proves sub-standard academically. Constantly challenged to his limits, repeatedly made the 'over-cocky' reason for the entire class to suffer, Jake nearly quits, but after facing his utterly un-supportive father's gloating returns just in time. Stubborn Jake finds support withs mates as well as Senor Ali, his lover-to-be, and a discipline he may excel in: the 'brigade' boxing tournament, open to all ranks.

The Pretenders

2018

English

4.8

♡ 11

20%

37%

Action

Drama

James Franco Director

Brian Cox as Henry

Dennis Quaid as Joe

James Franco as Maxwell

Juno Temple as Victoria

A love triangle involving a photographer, a director and an actress.

Zeroville

2019

English

4.6

♡ 24

23%

38%

1960s

Action

based on novel or book

James Franco Director

Dave Franco as Montgomery Clift

Megan Fox as Soledad Paladin

James Franco as Vikar

Joey King as Zazi

A young actor arrives in Hollywood in 1969 during a transitional time in the Industry.

Arctic Dogs

2019

English

4.9

♡ 39

13%

Aaron Woodley Director

James Franco as Lemmy Omar Sy

Omar Sy as Leopold

Alec Baldwin as PB

Jeremy Renner as Swifty

Animals band together to save the day when the evil Otto Von Walrus hatches a sinister scheme to accelerate global warming and melt the Arctic Circle.

Sonny

2002

English

5.6

♡ 8

21%

Nicolas Cage Director

Nicolas Cage as Acid Yellow

Seymour Cassel as Albert

Brenda Blethyn as Jewel / mother

James Franco as Sonny / son

New Orleans, 1981. Sonny Phillips, just discharged from the Army, returns home. The only life he's known is as a gigolo, working for his mother, but he wants to leave that behind. However, the job his Army buddy promised doesn't materialize, and he can't escape his past.

The Vault

2017

English

4.9

♡ 47

28%

Dan Bush Director

Jackson Beals as Detective Burton

James Franco as Ed Maas

Q'orianka Kilcher as Susan Cromwell

Taryn Manning as Vee Dillon

Two estranged sisters are forced to rob a bank in order to save their brother. But this is no ordinary bank.

Third Person

2013

English

6.3

♡ 59

25%

Paul Haggis Director

Mila Kunis as Julia

Liam Neeson as Michael

James Franco as Rick

Maria Bello as Theresa

An acclaimed novelist struggles to write an analysis of love in one of three stories, each set in a different city, that detail the beginning, middle and end of a relationship.

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Flyboys

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